Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-29
State AFFAIRS.
The Joint Resolution to Exempt
Manufactures from Taxation
Defeated in the House.
Report OF Conference Committee on
General Land Bill-Pecos Valley
Irrigation Bill Lost.
The Bill to Appoint Receivers and re-
Define Their Powers and Duties,
Ready for the Governor.
TO EXEMPT MANUFACTURES.

TO EXEMPT MANUFACTURES.
Special to the Gazette
AUSTIN, TEX. March 28.-The joint
resolution to submit an amendment to
section 10, article s, Of the constitution,
under the title of taxation and revenue"
to exempt manufactures from taxation,
was defeated in the House this morning
by tie vote, IL to Al, the Speaker fail
ing to exercise his privilege of voting,
which had the same effect as negative
vote. The provisions Of this resolution
exempted manufactures erected and
carried on in this state, and The ma
chinery, improvements and apparatus,
and the houses, buildings and other
structures, together with forty acres OF
land in body, upon which they may be
constructed for the use Of said
manufactures and the raw material
used in the manufactures, until the
same shall be manufactu' ed; provided,
that the exemption shall not extend
beyond the year 1901. The defeat of this
| resolution was great disappointment to
the friends of the measure, who believed
| it would be adopted by large vote of
the people and prove most potent factor
| in the speedy development of the
state. 1t is argued with good
reason that the time has
come in the history of Texas
when it becomes necessary to compete
with our sister states in Offering induce
ments to manufacturers TO establish their
plants within our boundaries If we hope
TO keep up with this age of progress.
| One gentleman remarked that the time is
| now passed when states, communities,
cities or towns can afford to neglect the
opportunities Of the age by notions Of
| false economy. He said it reminded him
IF the man VINO could sit upon the bank
Of stream and fish all day without bait;
! that it might be "a dull, listless, pleasant
| occupation, but would certainly be devoid
of profitable results.
The GENERAL LAND BILL.
! Among the several changes to the gen
eral land bill the conference committee
in their report recommended that section
of the bill be so amended as to here
after read as follow: "All lands belong
J ing to the public free schools, university
and the several asylums shall be sold at
not less than 81 per acre. All sections
of lands having permanent water on or
bordering thereon shall be sold at not less
than So pei acre, AMI no less than lG0
acres shall be sold, exc pt
in cases where q fractional
part of section less than 100 acres is
unsOld, in which case the entire fractional
part of such survey shall be sold; pro-
vided no Watered portion CT any section
shall be sold unless there is permanent
water on or bordering on the psrt Cf said
section remaining unsold, and all timber
| lands shall be Sold at no. less than 65
cents per acre, By timber lands as here
used, is meant lands valuable chiefly for
the timber thereon"
The House amendment fixing the price
of lease at 4 cents absolutely was retained
in the bill.
| PECOS VALLEY IRRIGATION BILL.
| The PecOs valley irrigation bill came
up in the Senate this morning Senator
Burney said that if the bill was amended
! by adding provision to require the COM
pany to ALLEVIATE the lands to the actual
settler in ten years in quantities of not
more than 160 and not less t1an eighty
acres, he would be willing to support the
bill, but unless such amendment was
adopted he would oppose the measure.
| With such an amendment he believed it
would prove paying investment for the
state. 1t was reasonable TO expect that
| if the valley WAS properly irrigated it
would be very productive.
Senator Pope opposed the bill on the
| ground that it would be creating q landed
monopoly.
Senator Glasscock was favorable to the
passage of the bill with an amendment of
the nature of the one proposed by Sens-
| tor Burney, because he believed 1t to be q
| measure that would prove largely bene-
fetal to the state at large by increasing
the taxable value of the lands.
Senator MaCmanus also favored the
passage Of the bill on its merits, and be-
iieved that the state would profit by the
passage Of such bill.
The DILL was then lost by the adoption
OF motion to postpone indefinitely.
| THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
| The House went into consideration of
the general appropriation bill this morn
! ing. and adopted the amendment of the
committee of the whole. Several new
amendments were also made, among
which WAS one TO strike out the amend
ment making it compulsory upon the
| Comptroller to employ female clerks.
| This leaves 1t optionarY with the heads
of the departments as heretofore.
| TO APPOINT RECEIVERS.
| The bill to appoint receivers and to
| define their powers and duties, and to
regulate proceeding under such appoint
ment OF receivers came up on its final
passage ia the Senate this evening and
after considerable discussion was passed
and will become a law when it receives
| the Governors signature. One of the
features of the bill is that all judgments
and DEGREES against any corporation,
rendered upon the appointment Of such
receiver shall be binding on such re-
ceiver, and execution thereon
and the performance of such
| judgments or DEGREES Ashall
not be stayed or suspended by reason OF
the appointment of such receiver, and all
| judgments and DEGREES against such cor
poration or receiver, after such appoint
ment shall be performed and executed,
shall issue the same as in other cases.
THE PUBLIC FREE SCHOOL BILL.
The bill to amend the law establishing
and maintaining system of public free
schools for the state came up in the Sen